What Does a Real Estate Agent Do?

Getting the most for your home or property means doing more than putting a "For Sale" sign out in your front yard and entering information into the MLS. In this competitive market your property needs to be seen in a variety of places in order to stand out. And sometimes the right buyer is waiting out of state, or even in another country. To ensure sure your property gets noticed and sells without any problems you need to evaluate your marketing plan and you market position. It could mean the difference between no sale, and the payoff you've been waiting for. When I work with my home sellers I discuss their home sale needs, understanding and meeting my customers needs are my top priority; pricing your home correctly from the beginning and give you an estimate of net proceeds; present you with a competitive market analysis providing you with details about what buyers are willing to pay for properties similar to yours in your local market; develop a guaranteed full service marketing ...  more

Real estate agents advise and assist you through the entire buying process, from deciding what type of home you want and finding it to tracking the progress of your loan application. Once you have found a home, the agent helps you to prepare an offer and negotiate with the seller. The agent then follows-up on all the necessary paperwork, including the mortgage application, setting up a home inspection, and coordinating the work of the attorney, title company and any other people necessary to complete the deal. An agent does not arrange a mortgage or other financial assistance. However, agents can recommend mortgage companies, attorneys, inspectors and other professionals for you to interview. If you are selling your home through an agent, the agent will provide you with a comparative market analysis (CMA) showing recently sold homes in your area that will help you set a price for your home. They'll also explain their marketing plan of advertising, direct mail campaigns, open houses, ...  more

A Real Estate agent is a person licensed by a state to represent a buyer or seller in a real estate transaction in exchange for a commission. Unless they are also brokers, agents must work in association with a real estate broker or brokerage company.  more

Real estate agents help people buy and sell houses. They must be able to say approximately how much money a house is worth. They need to know what the neighborhoods in their towns are like. They must know the laws that have to do with buying or selling a house. They also can tell home buyers where to get a loan if they need more money to buy a house. In return for selling a house, real estate agents get to keep a small part of the money that the buyer paid for it. Real estate agents work for real estate brokers. Real estate brokers manage real estate offices. People who want to buy a house often ask a real estate agent to help them. They meet with the agent to tell him or her what kind of house they want. They must also discuss how much money they can afford to spend. The agent then takes them to see houses for sale. Buying a house is a very important decision because houses cost a lot of money. This means that buyers often want to look at many houses before they decide to buy one. ...  more

A real estate agent or realtor is a person licensed within a specific state to help people either sell their property, or to act on behalf of others to try to purchase property. The real estate agent is usually formally trained through taking real estate classes (though some have on the job training instead), and then must usually pass examinations that allow him or her to become licensed. Though you can buy property or sell your own property without an agent, there are so many laws that apply to this process, that many find employing a realtor is an easier process. Employing a real estate agent also means that your property, when you’re selling, will be listed and advertised by the company or agency for which the realtor works. When you’re interested in buying property, you can choose to use one real estate agent or numerous ones. Generally people may use one realtor, who will not only look at the properties his or her agency currently is selling but will evaluate properties ...  more

A real estate agent can play two separate roles: one, to help clients find the right piece of property to meet their needs or objectives, or two, to help a client sell their real estate. If a client is looking to buy, the real estate agent needs to be familiar with available properties that match their criteria. Some clients are not looking for a home, but rather an investment property. In that case, a real estate agent needs to know a neighborhood's property values and estimated property taxes. Other clients are looking to move into a new area and want a home that suits their individual or family's needs. Real estate agents should be able to inform the client about the community, and be knowledgeable about local schools, places of worship, the crime rate, etc. It is the real estate agent's duty to show clients the properties that match their search criteria. Typically it is the real estate agent that acts as a liaison between the buying party and the selling party during bidding. ...  more